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What is a Craft Beer?
Craft Beer is an American term which is also common in Canada and New Zealand and generally refers to beer that is brewed using traditional methods, without adjuncts such as rice or corn, and with an eye to what's distinctive and flavorful rather than mass appeal,

What is a Craft Brewery?
An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional. Small: Annual production of beer less than 2 million barrels. Independent: Less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.





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Beer of the Month: Lagunitas Brewing 'A Little Sumpin' Sumpin'' Ale(September 2) - This is a delightful little sumpin' sumpin'. The nose is almost as piney as a West Coast India Pale Ale, but the palate is so malty-sweet you scarcely notice any bitterness until the finish, which is clean and short — the opposite of clingy, as it were. It gets its smooth character from malted wheat, though wheat flavor doesn't exactly leap out at you. Complete Story

Flat 12 Bierwerks Unveils Man Behind the Beer: Rob Caputo
(September 1) - For weeks now, Flat 12 Bierwerks has kept its man behind the beer a secret. Today, Flat 12 unveils Rob Caputo as head brewer of the newest craft brewery in Indianapolis set to open this fall.Caputo is a process engineer and brewing veteran who began brewing craft beer in his backyard for neighbors, friends and family more than a decade ago. Complete Story

Tommyknocker Brewery Releases Golden Saison to Benefit Gulf Restoration Network
(August 31) - Tommyknocker Brewery is proud to announce the release of its most recent specialty beer Tommyknocker Golden Saison. Tommyknocker Golden Saison is a light, refreshing beer typically brewed during winter months for consumption during the summer months. Complete Story
 
McKinney brewery and winery doing their parts to help environment
(August 31) - Owner John "Josey" Wales says Wales Manor Vineyard and Winery has been at least 50 percent green since he opened. When he met his wife, Jaque, an environmentalist and animal activist, five years ago, they stepped it up. Complete Story
    
Updates from Bell's Brewery Inc.: 25th anniversary party, construction news and HopSlam in a mini-keg
(August 30) -In preparation for Bell's Brewery Inc.'s 25th anniversary celebration Sept. 9-12, KalamaBrew sat down with Larry Bell to discuss what's new and what's coming up. Expect more details on the anniversary party and other news in the coming days. Complete Story
      
        

  


Local hops farms help central Wisconsin breweries
(August 27) - An investment in local hops farming three years ago is starting to pay off for Wisconsin's small breweries and farmers. Four years ago, the price of hops spiked from about $4 per pound to close to $25 -- enough to put strain on most breweries, and especially brewers of smaller craft beers. The spike in prices gave some local brewers, such as Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, an idea: help local farmers get started growing hops to give the brewers a cushion against price hikes. Complete Story

SanTan Brewing Company Unveils Craft Beers in Cans
(August 26) - The SanTan Brewing Company of Chandler announced that two if its award-winning craft beers - Hopshock IPA and Hefeweizen -will now be sold in cans. The new cans are available year-round in 6-packs at select retail locations serviced by Crescent Crown Distributing. Complete Story  
 
Atwater Block Brewery's stout is all about the cherries
(August 25) - Cherries and beer make a great combination. From Belgian kriek lambics fermented on whole cherries to black stouts infused with fruit flavor, you can find a wide range of tastes. Some are subtly tart, some are like cherry pie in a glass. Complete Story

Beer: The father of craft brewing comes out of retirement
(August 24) - Jack McAuliffe marketed an ale, a porter and a stout that attracted national attention, including an article in the July 9, 1978, Washington Post. But he found it impossible to make a living turning out dribs and drabs in his 45-gallon brew house. Complete Story
 
Why Growth Investors Should Buy Sam Adams
(August 24) - James Koch, Chairman of the Board, founded the company in 1984 and his 25 years at the helm of the company are a key intangible asset that has driven what was once a small start-up company into a present industry leader and long-term success story. Boston Beer Company is definitely a buy for the long-run investor. Complete Story
  
Schell's Brewery's 150th anniversary is on tap for next month
(August 23) - After 150 years, Schell's Brewery continues to brew its beer from the same recipe that put the company in business in 1860. So it's no surprise that its signature beer - and its siblings - will be flowing at the company's 150th anniversary Schellabration (their pun, not ours) on September 17 and 18 in New Ulm. Complete Story             
  

Wine Authorities co-owner to launch Bull City Burger and Brewery (August 22) - If you're a Wine Authorities regular, then you know co-owner Seth Gross, who is always glad to steer customers to bold, new potions or old favorites. Gross announced today another bold venture: He plans to open Bull City Burger and Brewery at 107 E. Parrish St., within the Rogers Alley project in downtown Durham. Complete story
 
Chatoe Rogue Goes Up A Creek
(August 20) - Rogue celebrates the rivers, lakes, streams, ponds and creeks of Oregon with the release of Chatoe Rogue Creek Ale. Creek Ale is a Belgian style Kriek Ale dedicated to the Willamette River that runs along the eastern edge of the Rogue Hopyard. Complete Story

St. Francis Brewery plans expansion to neighboring building
(August 19) - St. Francis Brewery, the only brew pub in the southern half of Milwaukee County, plans to expand into a neighboring building--including the addition of more brewing capacity to sell its beers at liquor stores, and other restaurants and taverns. The brew pub opened in April 2009 in a new 7,200-square-foot building at 3825 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., north of E. Howard Ave., in St. Francis. Complete Story

Breckenridge Brewery Releases Regal Pilsner
(August 18) - Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC releases Regal Pilsner in 6-packs of 12-oz bottles today. Regal Pilsner has been available in very limited markets in draft form for two months, but today's availability of 6-packs will extend its reach to liquor stores and restaurants in additional geographies. Complete Story

Why I turned my garage into a brewery
(August 18) - Only a third of garages are now used to store cars. So what are people doing with them? Meet four people who have done something a little bit special. Complete Story
 
Woodcock Brothers to convert Cold Storage building into Wilson brewery
(August 17) - Good news is brewing in the village, with the planned conversion of the long-vacant, century-old Cold Storage building on Lake Street into the community’s first microbrewery. The property at 638 Lake St. recently was purchased by a local family, and sights have been set on opening the Woodcock Brothers Brewing Co. by next summer. Complete Story
 
Brooklyn Brewery Gets $800,000 Helping Hand to Grow in Williamsburg
(August 16) - The Brooklyn Brewery has gotten the seal of approval from the state for a grant to expand its factory/beer hall in Williamsburg. The $800,000 subsidy is about one-sixth of the cost of the total $4.6 million expansion, which is expected to retain 27 jobs and add a grand total of nine permanent jobs, according to the state. Complete Story
 
An "Un-yuzu-al" Brew Comes to Eugene City Brewery
(August 16) - In honor of his 100th brew as the head brewer for Eugene City Brewing, Nate Sampson is brewing an extra pale ale flavored with yuzu fruit for Track Town Ales. Yuzu is a small Japanese citrus with mandarin and grapefruit flavors. Nate's Yuzu Pale is a light summer session beer with subtle tangy tartness imparted by the yuzu. Complete Story
     
Iron Horse Brewery Announces Release of 509 Style Ale(
August 13) - Iron Horse Brewing recently announced the release of its 509 Style Ale, a medium-bodied session beer. The 509 Style Ale is intended to pay homage to the farmers of the 509 area code who produce the ingredients used by the craft beer industry. Complete Story
   
Landlord gives Coeur d'Alene Brewery walking papers
(August 13) - After 23 years a popular brewery in Coeur d'Alene is in search of a new home and it’s not by their choice. The Coeur d'Alene Brewing Company, which was featured in early June in a KXLY Manufacturing Monday episode, says its lease has been terminated and where the business will move now remains up in the air. Complete Story
 
Mendocino Brewing acquires Organic Brands of Butte Creek Brewing
(August 12) - Mendocino Brewing Company, announced today that it has acquired award winning Butte Creek Brewing brands of Organic Ales and lagers and will be brewing these beers at its state-of-the-art brewery at Ukiah, CA. Complete Story

Gritty's gives craft-brew fans an early taste of Halloween
(August 12) - Halloween is here. Not the holiday, but Gritty McDuff's Halloween Ale, which is showing up on store shelves. The first batches for the company's three brew pubs will be brewed Friday. "This is the 21st year of Halloween Ale, and we start on Friday the 13th," Ed Stebbins, Gritty's brew master, said last week. "We always brew the first batch on a full moon or Friday the 13th." Complete Story
 
Anchor Brewing acquisition is official
(August 11) - San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Co., owned and run for the past 45 years by Fritz Maytag, is now part of larger family with a new name, Anchor Brewers & Distillers LLC. The acquisition, announced in April, was officially completed last week. Anchor Steam, Liberty Ale and other libations, such as Junipero Gin and Old Potrero Whiskey, are now in the hands of two experienced alcoholic beverage entrepreneurs, whose previous ventures include helping turn little-known SkyyVodka into an international brand, before it was bought by Gruppo Campari in 2001. Complete Story
 
Urban Chestnut Brewing Co Announces Plans to Launch a Craft Brewery in St. Louis
(August 10) - Urban Chestnut Brewing, an unconventional-minded yet tradition-oriented brewer of craft beer, is excited to announce its plans to open a micro-brewery in the Midtown Alley district of St. Louis, MO. UCBC plans to brew and distribute its draught and bottled beers to local restaurants, bars, grocery and liquor stores and other retail establishments in the St. Louis area. Complete Story

Sierra Nevada joins with Trappist Monks to brew Authentic Abbey Ales
(August 9) - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a partnership with the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey of New Clairvaux to create the only authentic Trappist-style Abbey ales in America. Complete Story
  
How eco-friendly is your favorite brewery?
(August 7) - A rating of the world's 15 largest breweries finds the most famous ones aren't the most eco-friendly. Rather, New Belgium Brewery takes top honors, followed by Eel River and Bison Brewery, for their impact on the environment, according to this year's score card by Greenopia, an online guide to green products. Anheuser Busch, Coors, Guinness and Heineken score much lower. Complete Story
         
Redhook, the official craft beer of the UW Huskies
(August 6) - Redhook has just announced a 3 year partnership with the University of Washington to be Huskies' the exclusive craft brewery. What does that mean? It means that when you go to "The Zone" at a UW football game you'll be drinking Redhook products. Complete Story 

Global Beermakers Eye U.S. Craft Brewers' Growth
(August 5) - U.S. beer drinkers want to try new, tasty beers, and they're not dissuaded by the weak economy or higher prices.In the first half of 2010, sales volume at craft brewers rose 9 percent while overall sales volume for the U.S. beer industry dropped 2.7 percent. That's according to the Brewers Assn., the trade group for the country's 1,625 craft breweries, defined as small, independent outfits that use traditional brewing methods. Complete Story
 
   
Quinquepartite: the rarest brew to date in the Avery Barrel-Aged Series
(August 4) - Avery Brewing Company is pleased to announce the release of Quinquepartite Barrel-Aged Sour Ale, the fifth brew to be released in their coveted Barrel-Aged Series of beers. With only 60 cases to be sold exclusively from the Avery Tap Room, Quinquepartite is the smallest bottled release ever made by Avery Brewing. Complete Story
    

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Craft Brewers Alliance Inc. to purchase Kona Brewing for $13.9 million(August 3) - Portland-based Craft Brewers Alliance Inc. said Tuesday it will pay $13.9 million for Hawaii's Kona Brewing Co., cementing what had been a nine-year partnership. Under the agreement, Kona will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Craft Brewers, which also distributes the beers of Chicago's Goose Island Brewery. Craft Brewers was formed with the merger of Portland's Widmer Brothers Brewing and Woodinville, Wash.,-based Redhook Ale Brewery in 2008. Complete Story
 
Civil Life Brewing takes root in St. Louis
(August 2) - Jake Hafner, former owner of 33 Wine Shop and Tasting Bar in Lafayette Square, plans to open a microbrewery early next year in the city's Tower Grove South/Grand Oak Hill neighborhood.Hafner, 36, closed on a 6,500-square-foot warehouse at 3714 Holt Avenue last week and says he hopes to have The Civil Life Brewing Co. producing up to six beer styles by spring. Complete Story
  
Magic Hat Brewing, Vermonts largest brewery to be sold
(August 1) - A beer industry publication says Magic Hat Brewing Co. will be sold in a matter of days to North American Breweries Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., a national company. Employees say they’ve received no word, and Magic Hat co-founder Alan Newman declined comment. North American isn’t commenting, either. Complete Story

Oskar Blues in Longmont adds seventh tank in 60 days
(July 31) - Last fall, Oskar Blues Brewery had no plans for capital improvements in 2010. Continued surges in demand for the Longmont-based craft brewer's canned beers, however, forced the top to pop. Since the beginning of the year, Oskar Blues has added nine new 200-barrel fermenting tanks at its Pike Road facility. Seven of those tanks -- including two installed Thursday -- came on board in the past 60 days. Complete Story

Dutch brewery produces world's strongest beer
(July 30) - A Dutch brewer has revealed what they claim is the world's strongest beer -- with a whopping 60%ABV. That's even stronger than 'The End of History' by Scottish firm BrewDog, which was named the world's strongest beer with 55%ABV just seven days ago. Complete Story
 
Narragansett Beer, The Official Beer of the Clam
(July 29) - New England's Narragansett Beer, the official "Beer of the Clam," is ready to toast the summer season with the release of a new, limited-edition Tallboy can and kick-off of the exclusive summer event series. Complete Story
 
Tampa Bay bars find success brewing beer in-house
(July 28) It doesn't look like much — a light-blue metal warehouse behind a Home Depot off busy N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa — but owner Joey Redner, 37, and brewer Wayne Wambles, 38, are turning out some of the most talked-about beer in the country. Opened two years ago, they already have won state and national awards for handcrafted brews with tastes of Tampa — guava, orangewood, Ybor City Cuban coffee, orange blossom honey from Lutz, humidor cedar. Complete Story
 
Rahr's Blonde Lager
(July 28) Production has resumed at the Rahr & Sons Brewery after renovations made in the wake of February's snowstorm damage. The brewery took the hiatus as an opportunity to launch new labels. This one features a blond pinup girl from the '50s; she happens to be owner Fritz Rahr's mother, now 80. The label is an artist's rendering of a photo Rahr found of his mother. Complete Story
 
Point Brewery adds raspberry Saiso
n(July 27) Stevens Point Brewery has added a fifth brew in its Whole Hog Limited Release Brewmaster's Series: Whole Hog Raspberry Saison, a Belgian-style beer. Complete Story  
     

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